On 14
August 2013, Egyptian security forces backed by the Egyptian army
attacked two camps of democracy supporters in Cairo: one at al-Nahda
Square and a larger one at Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque. The two sites had
been used for peaceful sit-ins by the protesters against the Coup
d'?£?İtat that ousted President Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically
elected president in the Egyptian history, who was detained on 3 July
2013 by the Egyptian military. The camps were raided after a six week
sit-ins and as a result of the massacres the camps were cleared out
within hours. The massacres were described by Human Rights Watch as the
most serious incident of mass unlawful killings in modern Egyptian
history.

According to the Egyptian Health Ministry, controlled by military, 638
people were killed on 14 August, with at least 3,994 injured. However,
independent resources put the number of deaths from the Rabaa sit-in
alone at some 2,600.

The attacks were widely denounced by world leaders, with the exception
of Gulf Arab states: the U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, plus
Jordan and Israel.

The massacres started shortly after 7:00 am, Egyptian police and army
moved to disperse the camps. By 8:00 the smaller camp, near Cairo
University in Giza, was cleared of protesters, but it took about 16
hours for police and army to take control of the main sit-in site near
the Rabaa al-Adawiya Mosque. The police in riot gear used tear gas,
rubber bullets, birdshot and live ammunition to disperse the protesters
while being supported by bulldozers to clear barricades and covered by
armoured vehicles and snipers on rooftops. Military helicopters swooped
low over the encampment and onboard snipers targeted several of the
protesters.

Survivors and independent media correspondents accused police snipers
of firing at Rabaa protesters from the rooftop of surrounding
buildings, and survivors also testified that snipers fired down on
those trying to flee or reach safety. In the afternoon, the protesters
managed to push the police back to the point where they could get into
a makeshift hospital. However, shortly before dusk, soldiers and
officers renewed their push, and the protestors were forced at last to
flee. The government forces seized control destroying what remained of
the sit-in camp setting the mosque and the makeshift hospital on fire.
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